Conférence de Khodadad Rezakhani : The Indian Ocean Trade

Conférence de Khodadad Rezkhani (Académie Autrichienne des Sciences - OAW (Vienne, Autriche))

dans le cadre du cycle de conférences “The Orient’s East. Iran and Eurasia in the First Millennium CE”

The fifth session shifts from the land trade routes trodden by the Sogdians and Bactrians to the often overlooked setting of the seafaring trade in the Indian Ocean. Again, we will return to the Roman presence and the issue of evidence to this. Afterwards, our gaze will be directed towards some of the most important actors in the western side of this trade, the kingdoms of Axum and Himyar, before shifting to the wider setting. Material findings will also be discussed, such as Chinese shipwrecks and the presence of Sasanian sherds. Finally, perspectives of Islamic sources of the early medieval period will be discussed.

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